SUN-
GROUNDCOVER
       
Common name
Botanical name
Native Shape Height  Flower/Fruit
Asian Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum
  Dense tangled mat

12-24 
inches

Light yellow pinwheel shaded flowers
Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
  Spreading branches and short twigs that stand upright to form a mat

2x8 feet

Bluish flowers
Dwarf Asiatic Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum 'tricolor'
  Spreading and viney

6-12 
inches

Varigated white, green and red foliage
Oyster Plant
Rhoeo spathacea
  Dense clumps 2 inches Very small white flowers
Parsons' Juniper
Juniperus squamata 'Parsoni'
  Dense short twigs on flat branches 1.5x8 feet Bluish green foliage
Shore Juniper
Juniperus conferta 'blue pacific'
  Low-forming mat 2x6 feet Yellow green foliage
Wedelia
Wedelia tribolata
  Low-growing mat 10 inches 1 inch yellow-orange flowers
SHADE -
GROUNDCOVER
       
Common name
Botanical name
Native Shape Height Flower/Fruit
Asian Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum
  Dense tangled mat 12-24 inches Light yellow pinwheel shaded flowers
Autumn Fern
Dryopteris erythrosora
  Arching clump form 12-24 inches  
Cast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior
  Gracefully curving form

2.5 feet with leaves up to 20 inches long

 
Gold Lantana
Lantana depressa

X

Mat form

10-12 inches

Bright yellow flowers
Dwarf Asiatic Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum 'tricolor'
  Spreading and viney

6-12 
inches

Varigated white, green and red foliage
Oyster Plant
Rhoeo Spatacea
  Dense clumps 2 inches Very small white flowers
Wedelia
Wedelia tribolata
  Low-growing mat 10 inches 1 inch yellow-orange flowers

                                                              


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